Western Region 43rd Annual Conference
"SEEK AND SHARE – A SOUTHWESTERN APPROACH"
SHERATON MESA HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER200 North Centennial Way, Mesa, Arizona 85201
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Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Noon to 3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Noon p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Noon p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
7:00pm
6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet - Ballroom ABCD
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Commercial Exhibits and Posters, Registration, Silent Auction Open
7:45 a.m. Sharp!
Assembly - Welcome
President - Dr. Fred Rauch
Program Chair - Dr. Sheila Bhattacharya
8:00 a.m. - Moderator: Mary Irish
Garden Writer, Scottsdale Arizona
8:05 a.m. - Keynote Speech: The Sonoran Desert- A Treasure Trove of Plant Life Forms.
Dr. Joseph McAuliffe- Research Ecologist, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ.
8:35 a.m. - Invited Speaker: Smoke as a Novel Cue for Germinating Recalcitrant Species.
Dr. Kingsley Dixon, Director, Plant Sciences, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, West Perth, Western Australia.
9:05 a.m. - Plant Collection and Importation.
Dr. William. Feldman. Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ.
9:25 a.m. - Sonoran Desert Plant Propagation: Nature’s Way.
Mike Evans, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano, CA.
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Question Period
10:00 a.m. - 10:15a.m. Refreshment Break - Palo Verde Lobby
Moderator: Jim McConnell
Second Vice President, IPPS.
Rooting of Cuttings
10.20a.m. - Limiting Your losses on Hard to Root California Natives.
Michelle Truscott. Cornflower Farms, Elk Grove, CA.
10:40 a.m. - An Insight into Biochemical Basis of Root Formation on Cuttings.
Dr. Sheila Bhattacharya, V&P Nurseries Inc, Gilbert , AZ.
11:00 a.m. - New Propagation Technology.
Thomas Burchell, The Burchell Nursery Inc.,Oakdale,;CA.
11:20-11:30 a.m. - Question Period
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Lunch and Business Meeting - Ballroom ABCD
Moderator: Dr. Ursula Schuch University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
1:05 p.m - Effect of Biferenthin (Talstar) on the Endomycorrhrizal Colonization of California Native Plants in Containers.
Dr. Lea Corkidi, Tree of Life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano, CA.
1:25 p.m. - Tissue Culture/Hybrid Systems.
Dr.Chieri Kubota. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
1:45 p.m. - Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Fungi and their Use in Ornamental Container Production.
Dr. C. Martin, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2:05 p.m. - Irrigation Uniformity in Propagation. Bruce Lane, Hines Nurseries, Irvine, CA.
2:25 p.m. - Growing Herbs for Medicinal use in Aeroponic Systems.
Dr.Anita" Teena" Hayden, Native American Botanics, Tucson, AZ.
2:45- 3:00 p.m.- Question Period
3:00 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. - Refreshment Break - Palo Verde Lobby
Moderator: Jack Kelly University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
3:30 p.m. - "Boom Growing’’ at Dutch Tray Facility.
Ted Ardens, Hines Color, Chino Valley. AZ.
3:50 p.m. - Control of Invasive Plants.
Barbara Skye, Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson AZ.
4:10 p.m. - Growing Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants.
Mary Irish, Garden Author, Scottsdale, AZ.
4:30 p.m. - My Seven Deadly Sins- Evil Plants I Have Grown.
Betty Young, Golden State National Park. CA.
4:50 p.m. - Propagation of Eremophila.
Kathleen Echols, Diablo Valley College, Martinez,CA.
5:10- 5:30 p.m. Question Period
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - Propagation and New Plants Demonstration - Ballroom ABC
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - Poster Presentation - Ballroom ABC
6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast - Ballroom ABC
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Morning Tour of Local Nurseries:
Board Buses at 8:00A.M.
Return to Hotel by 1:00 P.M.
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Commercial Exhibits, Posters and Registration Open/Continued
7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Silent Auction (continued) - Board Room
2:30 p.m. Silent Auction Ends
Propagation
2:00 p.m. Moderator: Elizabeth Davison,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2:05 p.m. - Propagation of Phoenix dactylifera.
Richard Harris, Arizona State University Arboretum, Tempe, AZ.
2:25 p.m. - Propagation of Recalcitrant Southwest Plant Species.
Dr. Ursula Schuch, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2:45p.m.Propagating Understory Plants for Restoration in the Flagstaff Urban Wild Land Interface.
Janice Busco. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
3:05 p.m. - Use of Reclaimed Water for Propagation.
Mark White. Civano Nursery, Tucson, AZ.
3:05 - 3:15 p.m. Question Period
3:15 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. Refreshment Break - Ballroom ABC
3:35p.m. Moderator: Fernando Reyna
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
3:40 p.m - The Plant Introduction Program of Texas A&M.
Dr.Wayne MacKay. University of Texas, Dallas.TX.
4:00 p.m. - Boxing or Bulldozing: Native Plant Relocation in the Southwest.
Maurice Bosc and Allan Dunstan. Desierto Verde Inc. Tempe, AZ.
4:20 p.m. - Safety
Ramon Mandoza Alaniz. Hines Nurseries, Irvine, CA.
4:40 - 4:50pm Question Period
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Social Hour (Cash Bar) - Outdoors
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Annual Banquet Dinner and Presentations - Ballroom ABCD
Banquet Night Speaker: Past And Future Of Growing Plants In Controlled Environments
Dr. Merle Jensen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast (Buffet) - Quailrun
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Tour of Local Nurseries:
(Box Lunch)
4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Executive Board Meeting - Sedona Room